Lasallian Schools In Canada
french: Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes , image = Signum Fidei.jpg , image_size = 175px , caption = , abbreviation = FSC , nickname = Lasallians , named_after = , formation = , founder = Jean-Baptiste de la Salle , founding_location = Rheims, Kingdom of France , type = Lay religious congregation of pontifical right (for men) , status = , purpose = Education , methods = , headquarters = Via Aurelia 476, Rome, Italy , region = Worldwide , services = Education , membership = 3,329 members as of 2020 , sec_gen = Br. Antxon Andueza, FSC , leader_title = Superior General , leader_name = Br. Armin A. Luistro, F.S.C. , leader_title2 = Vicar General , leader_name2 = Br. Carlos Gabriel Gómez Restrepo, , leader_title3 = Motto , leader_name3 ...
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Jean-Baptiste De La Salle
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle () (; 30 April 1651 – 7 April 1719) was a French priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He is a saint of the Catholic Church and the patron saint for teachers of youth. He is referred to both as La Salle and as De La Salle. La Salle dedicated much of his life to the education of poor children in France; in doing so, he started many lasting educational practices. Background La Salle was born to a wealthy family in Reims, France, on 30 April 1651. He was the eldest child of Louis de La Salle and Nicolle Moet de Brouillet. Nicolle's family was a noble one and ran a successful winery business; she was a relative of Claude Moët, founder of Moët & Chandon. La Salle was tonsured at age eleven on 11 March 1662, in an official ceremony that marked a boy's intention, and his parents offer of their young sons, to the service of God. He was named canon of Reims Cathedral when he was sixteen, an ...
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